PERSPECTIVE Building an International Wedding Photography Career with Camila Urrea
Feb 23, 2026
Camila Urrea, a London-based wedding photographer from Mexico who founded Rise by Creatives, rebuilt an international business after relocating. She talks about slowing down from 39 weddings to a curated 10–12, Impressionism as artistic fuel, bold outreach and networking tactics, portfolio curation with nine-post rhythms, and building systems and a small team to scale intentionally.
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Invest In Community For Referrals
- Build community through conferences, workshops and second-shooting to form long-term referral relationships.
- Camila second-shot and attended events, which led to trusted colleagues recommending and sending her weddings.
Shooting Strangers Outside City Hall To Build Portfolio
- Camila approached couples at the city hall to create content and practice street portfolios when starting out.
- She asked strangers (brides in gowns) for quick shoots; many said no, but a few said yes and later recommended her.
Curation Is A Nine-Grid Story
- Curation is storytelling: viewers judge a photographer by the nine-grid first, not single images.
- Camila plans 9-post chapters that create rhythm, pauses and emotional arcs to communicate her identity.
